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upokorisma · τό
a coaxing, endearing name, a fair name
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ὑποκόρ-ισμα · hypokor-isma — LSJ
a coaxing or endearing name, as Dem. said that his nickname Βάταλος was a ὑ. τίτθης, Aeschin. 1.126.
a fair name for something base, as παράσιτος for πολυφάγος, Alex. 178.2, cf. 219.5; σεισάχθεια for χρεῶν ἀποκοπή, Plu. Praec. 2.807e; so φυγῆς ὑ. καὶ παρακάλυμμα Id. Galb. 20.
diminutive, Eust. 1540.54.
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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